Review based on a production Fujifilm Finepix S8000fd
Having recently taken its long zoom cameras into ever more DSLR-like territory, Fuji's S8000fd is something of a departure. The S8000fd places a smaller sensor behind a much longer-range zoom lens in a less SLR-like body. Going head to head with the Panasonic FZ18 and Olympus SP560UZ the S8000fd is Fuji's most ambitious zoom compact to date. It is also the first long-zoom camera from Fuji to offer image stabilization (in this case a CCD-shake system), which is offered by most competing brands and is pretty much essential with a zoom this long.
The S8000fd packs an awful lot into its compact body, and seems to be trying pretty hard to be all things to all people, with manual exposure controls sitting alongside point-and-shoot convenience features such as face detection. There is a high-speed shooting mode (at reduced resolution), and some extremely high sensitivity modes (again at lower resolution), for shooting in low light. What compromises this all-encompassing approach brings, we shall see.
| Street price | • US: $340 • UK: £200 |
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| Body Material | Metal/Plastic |
| Sensor | • 1/2.35" Type CCD • 8.0 million pixels total |
| Image sizes | • 3264 x 2448 |
| Movie clips | • 640 x 480 @ 30 fps • 320 x 240 @ 30 fps • AVI Motion JPEG with WAVE monaural audio |
| Lens | • 27 - 486 mm (35 mm equiv) |
| Focus | • TTL contrast-type autofocus |
| Focus distance | • Normal: 70 cm (wide) / 1.5 m (tele) - Infinity |
| Metering | • TTL 256-zone metering |
| Shutter speed | • 30-1/4000 sec (extremes depending on exposure mode) |
| Aperture | • F2.8-F8 (wide) • F4.5-F8 (tele) |
| Shooting mode | • Auto • Picture Stabilization (auto High ISO) • Natural Light • Natural Light with Flash • Movie • Program • Aperture Priority • Shutter Priority • Manual • Scene modes |
| Scene modes | • Portrait |
| Sensitivity | • Auto (Max ISO 1600) |
| White Balance | • Auto • Fine • Shade • Fluorescent (daylight) • Fluorescent (warm white) • Fluorescent (cool white) • Incandescent • Custom |
| Image parameters | Finepix color (Standard, Chrome, B&W) |
| Continuous | • 1.5 fps, max 3 images (Top-3 or Final-3) |
| Flash | • Built-in pop-up • Range (Auto ISO): 8.0 m (w), 3.0 m (t) • Modes: Auto, On, Off, Slow Sync, all with Red-eye reduction option. |
| Storage | • 58 MB internal memory • SD/SDHC memory card (not included) • xD-Picture Card (not included) |
| Viewfinder | • 0.24" electronic viewfinder (EVF) |
| LCD monitor | • 2.5" TFT LCD • 230,000 pixels • Brightness boost • Approx. 97% coverage |
| Connectivity | • USB 2.0 High speed • A/V out (NTSC/PAL switchable) |
| Power | • 4 x AA batteries alkaline or NiMH (alkaline included) • Charger optional |
| Other features | • DPOF |
| Optional accessories | • Leather case • Compact AC Power Adapter AC-5VX |
| Weight (no batt) | 505 g (17.8 oz) inc memory card and batteries, 410g without. |
| Dimensions | 111 x 78 x 79 mm (4.4 x 3.1 x 3.1 in) |
* Supplied accessories may differ in each country or area
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